[ SECRET POST #3288 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3288 ⌋

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Comments

Re: When do you consider someone well-off?

[(Anonymous)]

Expensive non-dress shoes

All the other stuff is debatable, but poor people do not waste money on expensive shoes that don't even look good, and rich people, no matter how casual or "slobby" their clothes/car/accessories are, usually do not pass up high quality shoes for something cheaper when they look about the same.

Re: When do you consider someone well-off?

[ill_omened]

Is this a joke?

I know literal crackheads who buy hundred pound trainers.

Re: When do you consider someone well-off?

[(Anonymous)]

Well, I didn't mean crackheads who are idiots. I mean sensible people who happen to be poor.

Re: When do you consider someone well-off?

[ill_omened]

Expensive trainers are a status symbol among lots of groups of the working class. I know far more people on benefits with the latest nike trainers then I do middleclass.

Re: When do you consider someone well-off?

[herpymcderp]

lol are you fucking with me? The richest multi-millionaires I know have 15 year old pairs of sandals and the poorest people I know shell out hundreds for the newest sneakers.

Re: When do you consider someone well-off?

[dethtoll]

u wot m8

Poor people buy expensive things all the time. The difference is, they save up for it and it's a huge deal for them to have something nice to wear/own/etc. whereas rich people just buy it and throw it away next season.

Re: When do you consider someone well-off?

[(Anonymous)]

Big spenders buy things and throw them away next season, regardless of class. A lot more rich people can afford to be big spenders but a lot of those rich big spenders don't stay rich long: see lotto winners going bankrupt all the time. Unless they're saudi princes.

Re: When do you consider someone well-off?

[iceyred]

The richest people I've known/met wear khakis and sensible sneakers that you can get from any department store. Polo shirts from JC Penny's seem to be popular.

The poor people I meet always seem to have the trendiest clothes. It's a huge part of the reason they're poor.

Re: When do you consider someone well-off?

[(Anonymous)]

yikes

Re: When do you consider someone well-off?

[(Anonymous)]

Tbf, they said it's a big part of the reason, not the only reason. That's a huge part of the reason many rich people become poor also. Lotto winners, pro athletes, so forth

Re: When do you consider someone well-off?

[iceyred]

Definitely not the only reason.

Chasing after the latest and greatest, going into debt, not saving, all are huuuuuuge reasons people become poor.

Re: When do you consider someone well-off?

[(Anonymous)]

You know, I can already see people are definitely going to read your comments like you're blaming all poor people for being poor...

So before people start raging, obviously it's not all poor people's fault for being poor. A lot of people never had the opportunity or education they deserve or got wrecked through bad luck or health issues, and if people are born poor or grow up poor it's hugely difficult to make it out. The economy and life are completely stacked against the poor and it's damn unfair. That's all true. That doesn't negate the fact that many people of every class become unnecessarily poor through the things you listed, too. Any dumb millionaire can blow all their money just like any middle class person can. Being smart with money is an important skill to have.

and I say that as a bleeding-heart liberal.